Prestige Deluxe Stainless Steel Mini Handi Pressure Cooker, 3.3-Liter

I bought this little cooker back in 2012, and it’s been fantastic! Super reliable, easy to use, and it’s held up so well over the years. I especially love how easy it is to find replacement parts like the rubber gasket and pressure valve on Amazon — makes maintenance a breeze. Highly recommend!

This mini pressure cooker is so convenient and easy to use. I like that is a stove top pressure cooker. I love it for making quick or side dishes like hard boiled eggs, steel cut oats, brown rice, parboiled rice, quinoa, vegetables. Easy to clean and easy to use, petite, stainless steel. Perfect for me.

Purchased about a week ago. Cooked basmati rice; lentils, vegetables, etc. Everything came perfect. Stainless steel quality is very superior and despite hand washing the vessel almost every day two times, the item looks as if new. The weight design and safety valve design are vastly different from the standard India made stainless steel pressure cookers. In traditional pressure cookers, the steam is not let out by placing weight on the top. Wherever there is excess water, it is leaked out thru the weight and the whole top gets spoiled and it needs a good rubbing for cleaning. If there is too much pressure on the safety valve, then it bursts. In Prestige, the excess water steam is let out thru the safety valve and after reaching proper levels, the safety valves locks itself automatically. The cooking is very fast and for cooking a cup of rice, it takes 6 minutes. Soaked Lentils about 5 minutes. The pressure reduces within 5 to 6 minutes and the cooker can be opened thereafter. Buyers beware! Though the capacity is mentioned as 2 liters, I found the capacity as 1.7 liters. The real maximum that can be cooked is 1.5 cups raw rice which expands to 3 to 4.5 cups based on the type of rice. Toor dhal is maximum 1 cup. One cannot 'pressure cook' with tip full and they should fill only to half level, leaving remaining capacity for expansion after cooking. My only resent is about the protective rubber/ sealing ring gasket, that is supplied with the cooker. One can purchase superior quality silicone sealing ring in different colors in the market. I wish Prestige provides the US customers with that kind of superior protective sealing ring.

It is really pretty! Gleaming, mirror finish, polished metal. Looking inside Prestige pot reminds me of the inside of a Thermos Bottle! Tri-clad bottom works great with induction stove. If it will conduct magnetic energy, that automatically qualifies it as a great conductor for all sources of heat. Start off with my induction stove set at 8 (about 2/3rds power). In about five minutes first blast of steam. turn it down to 4, (low-medium heat) to finish. The intervals between blasts are dependent on heat setting used. You don't want to scorch food on bottom of pan. I did that and I had some gummy, semi-burnt stuff on bottom of pan. Food turned all right, not really burnt tasting. I put 1 inch of hot soapy water in pot and used rounded edge of a regular metal spoon to scrape off. Came off easily but left very noticeable permanent, swirly scrape marks on mirror-finish bottom of pan. Experiment what is best to use to get those funky blotchy stains that always appear after cooking. I found coarse, (not the abrasive cloth), synthetic plastic scrubbers work best. What really works good with burnt-on food is to put an inch of water with a few drops of detergent, bring to a boil and simmer for 5-10 minutes. It melts most of it off and makes what's left much easier to clean. You should not use any metal in contact with this cooker. Best to use silicone spatulas and spoons for cooking with the prestige P.C. It is almost too nice-looking a cooking utensil. Use a soft cloth and a few drops of dishwashing liquid, rinse and dry with a soft cloth or paper towel and it literally gleams and sparkles - really! I recall my moms old ugly industrial strength 10 quart '50's style Canner/Pressure Cooker. 3/16 inch thick aluminum and very heavy, easy to drop when full. The prestige is lighter gauge, especially the top. The bottom is thick enough to be an excellent heat conductor. Stainless is very strong. Certainly stronger than needed to withstand only 15 lbs of pressure and it has a double safety to release pressure if it gets too high. The periodic steam blasts do just that, releasing pressure in bursts instead of the jiggle-top steady hiss. Tens of Millions of people in India use this type of cooking vessel. High temperature of 250 degrees insures complete protection against food borne pathogens. I decided to turn the heat down to maintain a five minute blast interval. Use trial and error to find cooking times comparable to what your used to with a non-whistling cooker and just time it like you always do. Every new cooking utensil has it's own operating protocol that we must adjust to. I have a little hand-held battery-operated count-down timer with a loud beep at the end that I always use for everything I cook. Most people are not like me. The more scientific cooks are not necessarily the best cooks. The best cooks (Grandma, Aunt Mildred) don't use time or measure, they cook by sight, sound and smell along with years of experience. That's because they spent a large part of the day in the kitchen. Modern day cooks just don't have the time. Pressure cookers are truly modern in the sense that they are real time savers. One thing that I discovered is that when I filled the pot up to the brim and measured - 2.8 liters, or 3 quarts; that's a little over 8 ounces less than advertised. I cooked up some large lima beans and the final yield at 2/3rds full was about two quarts. Just about right, with 2 or 3 regular servings left over in the fridge. There is just me and my wife, and I usually eat the bulk of it, so ounces-schmounces. Not such a big deal. The prestige works just fine. It's a Pressure Cooker -right? I cooked a half and half mixture of white and brown rice with a 1.8:1 water to rice ratio for 18 minutes and it turned out perfect! The Smaller size makes for faster startup and auto de-pressurize times. A saving of at least 10 minutes or more in overall cooking times compared to a 6 quart cooker. I bought it because my old 6 and 8 quart presto cookers just don't get used after the kids are gone. I kept one, gave two others away to the Goodwill. If you want a small size, your only choice is to go Indian. Like Goldilocks and the three bears, it's just right - for singles, couples with a baby. You can even get a 1 or 2 liter size! The only complaint may or not be a complaint. The old-school ugly, dull-grey aluminum pots would get pitted, scratched, dinged, stained without a second thought; no big deal. But, the Prestige highly polished finish is so attractive I think most cooks would be loathe to mess it up. That means extra time and care must be taken to keep it brilliant and unmarred. Wholly doable, but not your Grandma's P.C.

I have only used it a couple of times and the safety valve melted out as it is supposed to do when it over heats. Probably my fault but it had plenty of water. The regulating valve (different from the safety valve) had some food in it and it may have stuck. The real problem is that the replacement safety valve is very hard to find. The manufacturer is in India and there are no service centers in the US. No parts list came with the unit. I contacted the service department in India by email to find the correct replacement part number and they were absolutely no help. Not sure they really even understood the question. I found a safety valve on ebay that is supposed to work but without matching part numbers it won't be possible to know for sure until I try it out. Bottom line: It is an extremely well made unit. It looks great and is the exact right size for what I want. The real issue is finding replacement parts. Finding the valve, which is a common replacement item, was not easy. If the seal fails or you lose the metering weight it might not be possible to get the correct replacement without ordering from India. I have another pressure cooker and it came with detailed parts list which I still have. Compound that with the lack of a service center in the US and it is frustrating. Because of the service issues I can't recommend purchasing this item. Added information: I found a potential replacement on EBay. I contacted the seller, he said it would fit and it did. If functions fine. I stand by the original assessment. Great product, bad customer support. The safety valve is a common replacement item. It should not have been hard.

This is the first time I have ever chose to rate a product, so here goes. I was looking for a smaller sized pressure cooker because I prefer to not have a lot of leftovers, (maybe just enough for a second meal. ) This little cooker is perfect! I can buy the toughest old cut of meat from the marked down bin, cook it for forty five minutes to an hour and you would think it was the most tender cut of meat you could buy. Dry beans are just as quick. Super affordable. If you have never used one before, just get on you tube and educate yourself with several videos so that you can be safe.....I'm a "show me" kinda person. Directions, the written kind, make my head spin. Now I wish I could buy one of these to give to each of the kids. Even though I've used it several times, it still looks new. And in it's own way, it's a very beautiful piece of equipment! I've not been able to find anything like this in any of our local stores. I would highly reccomend this handy little cooker! To me, it's worth it's weight in gold.

I actually bought this for one purpose mostly. To cook white Jasmine rice and it does it beautifully. It can cook 3 cups of rice finished that is actually 1 cup dry with cup and half of water and may be able to do a little more but not necessary for me and my husband as we always have leftovers anyways. But it is super fast and cooks to perfection every time. It is also soooo simple put rice and water in, wait and let it blow (whistle) 3 times for me (like my rice really cooked no crunch at all) and turn burner off. It takes about 15 minutes from beginning to end that includes putting in rice, closing lid, reaching pressure, whistle blowing and waiting for depressurizing. And to boot it is as cute as can be and cleans up perfectly as well. I have also used for small meals for one as I cannot eat beef anymore and when I am making something for my husband I want to just make something quick for myself and I can control temperature for long periods if necessary without any problem. I will worn you the first time it "whistled" I was not sure I loved that and it still scares the dog but it does not do it too much so can deal with the feeling the weight is going to fly off since the rice is soooo perfect. To finish this is better than any rice cooker I know!

The description isn't accurate. It holds less than 1.8 liters of water when filled to the brim whereas the description says 2 liters! So It can only cook half that amount( ie half of about 1.7 liters) without spitting the the liquid along with the whatever food is being cooked (dal in my case) when the whistle blows. The cooked dal/beans soup is therefore, even less than that. I haven't tried rice in it yet Also its gasket is really big compared to the one's with inside fitting lids, and I've found it covered with the food cooked each time when I open the lid but it could be because it spit the food. My biggest displeasure is with the cooker's capacity. Other than the inaccurately listed capacity, the cooker itself is good. It could be a good size for cooking food for babies, not for an adult, in my experience.